UAE wins bid to host third edition of ICAO Conference

MONTREAL / WAM

The UAE, represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority, has won the bid to host the third edition of the ICAO Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels.
All member states of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) unanimously accepted the UAE’s bid in a meeting of the Council held at the ICAO headquarters at Montreal in Canada. The conference is oragnised every seven years.
Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), said,
“The UAE’s hosting of the ICAO Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels coincides with its preparations to host the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), a global platform and an important opportunity to achieve a set of goals.”